hi, I'm trying to make a bat file that will backup my documents with a single click to a specified location, please tell me if the /exclude switch of the xcopy command is used correctly. (the idea is to copy everything except the "filmi" and "downloads" directories.

Also, do all operations wait for each other to complete? I.e., will the shutdown command be carried out after all files (except the above mentioned directories) are copied?

@ECHO ON
:START
XCOPY D:\ "G:\" /Y /E /EXCLUDE: D:\filmi\+D:\downloads\
shutdown -s -t: 0

thanks

It looks right but you should remove the space between EXCLUDE: and D:\filmi

And yes, the shutdown will not execute until the previous commands complete.